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Saturday, September 12
VOL. 41
THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931.
No. 36 _
Bloomburg Talks
On Co-operative
Groups to Rotary
Speaker Traces History and
Development of Building
and Loan Association
Arthur Blocomburg, general manager
of Hazard Wire Rope Company of
Wilkes-Barre and secretary of Key-
stone Building and Loan Company
was the speaker Thursday night at the
meeting of Dallas Rotary Club.
Mr. Bloomburg gave a short history
of building and loan associations sta-
ting that the movement started in
England a little over one hundred
years ago. It was brought. to this
country as a system of financing
homes in which a group of ten or
twelve persons collected together,
each contributing a definite amount of
money each month to a common fund.
After this amount has been contribu.
ted for ma number of years, usually ten
or twelve, these men divided the fund
equally . and each bought himself a
home thus concluding the association.
As an outgrowth of this type of as-
sociation there sprang up or introdu-
ced’ what is known as the series of
associations.
berships which open periodically, in
many associations series open two to
three times a year thus making the
association perpetual.
As contrasted with the early associ.
ations every one. who now takes out
membership does not necessarily be-
come a borrower, whereas in the early
associttions all were borrowers.
‘Another difference today is that a
member can borrow money for a home
immediately upon joining; this, how-
ever, is conditioned by the turn of his
application. Today Building and Loan
companies serve two functions; first,
a good investment for one who does
not care to borrow, yielding from
seven to nine percent on the money
depending upon the association; se-
cond as a safe and economical way of
financing a home. Everybody who
borrows must be a member, but as
Mr. Bloomburg stated everybody who
belongs does not need to be a borrow.
er.
Advantages to Borrower
The advantages to the borrower are
first that he has a cheap rate of in-
terest averaging as a rule about four
and three-quarters percent over the
period of time. The second advari-
tage is the borrower has a long period
of time in which to pay for his home,
on the average about eleven years.
The third advantage is that he escap-
es a heavy financing fee as when ne
renews mortgages through the old)
system of borrowing to build a home.
In addition he has a modest, definite
and stipulated sum to pav each month
over this entire period of time. This
amount usually is about what the
borrower would have to pay in rent
and at the same time takes care of
his interest and principal.
The Building and Loan associations
have made America a country of home
owners through the eass of financing
the modest interest rate mu the long
time terms. If more of the homes in
Wyoming Valley had been financed
through the Building and Loan asso-
ciations there would not have been the
tremendous number of Sheriff sales
which have been evidenced during the
present business depression. There
are only five building and loan as-
sociations in Wyoming Valley whereas
in Altoona, a town of less population,
there are sixty-six associations. They
can be considered a co-operative,
philanthropic association that pays
cash dividends.
Preceding Mr. Bloomburg’s address
Attorney Karl Swanburg, assistant
State attorney of Chicago, who was
the guest of his brother-in-law T. A.
McHenry, spoke on Chicago Crimi-~
nals.
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ELECTED DELEGATE °
The New York Conference of the
Free Methodist Church, which em-
braces this section, will hold its 58th
annual session at Spencerville, Mary.
land; September 9-13. Mr. Luther G.
Roushey of Shavertown has been elec-
ted delegate by the Dallas-Trucksville
circuit to represent them at the con-
ference.
Lose Spirits
With most of their $10,000 dis-
tillery reposing safely in the
Quackenbysh warehouse at Scran.
ton, where Federal Agents had or-
dered it taken, Sam Saroco and
Placido DiCarlo of Luzerne were
put under $4,000 bail each on Mon-
day night by U. S. Commissioner
C. P. Krick of Wilkes-Barre pend-
ing action of the Federal €ourt in
Scranton on October 19.
Saroco and DiCarlo were pros.
perous manufacturers of Kingston
Township until Monday when
when Federal agents swooped
down upon them and disturbed
their busy brewing activities in a
$10,000 farmhouse distillery a
short distance from the Trucks-
ville-Carverton road.
Saroco and DiCarlo hated to
leave their two 500 gallon stills,
their 500 gallons of alcohol and
their 10,000 gallons of mash. It
was a modern plant and a dandy.
But the Federal officers couldn't
wait so the-two put on their hats
and left their brewing—aperations,
for a few days at least, to more
inexperienced hands. 2% Federal
agents destroyed the pr ucts.
In this series are mem- )
Districts Get New School Busses
Pictured above are two of the new busses which will be put in operation this season for the tramsporta-
tion of pupils in Dallas township and Monroe townshi p.
Shupp and the Dallas township bus will be operated by Dan Hontz.
local Ford dealer.
Monroe township pupils.
The Monroe township bus is owned by Clarence
Both busses were sold by J. F. Besecker
Mr. Besecker also sold a similar bus to Oscar Patton of Noxen for the transportation of
LOCAL SCHOOLS
OPEN TUESDAY
Prof. Bowen Announces
School Cakander For the
Coming Year
Sessions will
day,
be resumed on Tues-
September 8, and all beginners
must present vaccination certificates.
Pupils must also present a birth cer-
tificate or an affidavit showing their
date of birth. .
Pupils who will become six years of
age on or before January 1st will be
allowed to enter and, all beginners
must be entered during the first two
weeks of the opening of the schools.
School Calendar
The yfollowing holidays and vaca.
tions will be observed: Francis Wil-
lard day, Friday September 25, schools
open with excersises in the afternoon;
Columbus Day, Monday, October 12,
schools open with exercises in the af-
ternoon; Pennsylvania Day, Saturday,
October 24, observance on Friday,
October 23, school open with exercises
in the afternoon; Armistice 'Day,
Wednesday, November 11, schools
closed; Thanksgiving Vacation, Nov-
ember 26 and 27, schools closed;
Christmas Vacation, schools elose on
Wednesday December 23, and re.open
on January 4, 1982; Lincoln’s Birth-
dav, Friday, February 12, schools open
with excercises in the afternoon;
Washington’s Birthday, Monday, Feb-
ruary 22, schools open with excersises
in the afternoon; Easter Vacation,
schools closed. March, Friday 28;
Memorial Day, Monday, May 30,
schools closed.
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Historic Lantern
On Display Here
W. R. Garinger Has 150 Year
Old Candle Lantern—May
Have Been Made by Paul
Revere
W. R. Garinger of Huntsville street
{is exhibiting a number of interesting
antiques taken from among the effects
of the late Suzanne Warden who died
recently at the age of ninety-eight
years and eight months.
Miss Warden was one of the oldest
residents of Dallas and her parents
and grandparents all lived to ripe. old
ages in this community.
Among the most interesting of the
antiques which Mr. Garinger has at
his home is an wold candle lantern
which stands about eighteen inches
high and is in excellent condition.
The lantern is of the type manufac-
tured by Paul Revere of revolutionary
fame, and Mr. Garinger believes that
this lantern may. have been manufac.
tured by that famous American. The
lantern is more than 160 years old
and is known to have belonged to
Miss Warden's grandfather. It is so
constructed that no matter which way
it is swung or carried the flame will
not go out. It is made of tin, decor-
atively cut and was first used long
before kerosene oil was in use for
lighting purposes.
Among the other antiques Mr. Gar-
inger has in his possession are; a drop
leaf, gate leg table, six kitchen chairs,
a beautiful old horsehair rocker with
ornately carved back and in perfect
condition and two rare old beds
An idea of the age of one of the
beds can be gained from the fact that
Miss Warden died in it, her father and
mother died in it and her two grand-
parents died in the same bed, and the
parents and grandparents lived to
more than ninety years of age.
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BEAUMONT GRANGE
HAS NOVEL PROGRAM
—
A special program has been arrang-
ed by Lecturer Lois Downs for the
meeting of Beaumont Grange which
will be held Saturday night. All mem-
bers of the Grange are urged to at.
tend and bring a photograph of them-
selves taken before the age of six. The
program will be of a humorous na-
ture and will centre about the Gran-
ge’s own newspaper prepared by mein-
bers of the Grange. Comedy will be
the chief headlines of the paper.
There will be many other numbers
on the program including stunts,
songs, games and a humerous read.
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Austin Appointed
Beaumont Principal
Popular Young Man Appoint-
ed to Vacancy Left by Re-
signation of Prof. Robin-
son Who Goes to Mill City
William A. Austin of Beaumont as-
siistant principle of Monroe township
Schools for the past two years, has
been appointed principle of the schools
to fill the vacaney left by the resigna.
tion of George Robinson who has
been elected principal of Mill City
high school in Wyoming County.
Mr. Austin is a young man of out-
standing ‘ability and is an enthusiastic
worker in his chosen profession. Te
received his Bachelor of Arts degree
this year at the summer Commence-
ment exercises of Susquehanna Uni-
versity. He is a graduate of Beau.
mont high school, Coughlin high
school and took a three-year course at
Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College
where he was a four-letter man in
athletics.
Elected Coach
WALTER R. HICKS
The last vacancy in the ranks of
Kingston township school faculty was
filled at a meeting of the school board
last Thursday evening, when Walter
R. Hicks of Meyerstown, Pa. was
named coach of all sports in that
high school.
Mr. Hicks graduated from Miniers-
ville Teachers College with a degree
of Bachelor of Science in Education.
While attending the teachers’ college
he played three years on the varsity
foothall team, two years on the base-
ball team and three years at basket-
ball. Besides coaching the above, he
is capable of coaching fennis, swim-
ming and boxing.
Mr. Hicks will also teach mathema.
tics at the high school. He comes
highly recommended to the school of-
ficials.
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Scouts Observe
Parents’ Night
Boy Scouts of Dallas troop observ-
ed Parents’ Night at their regular
meeting on Monday night in Dallas
high school Out of a
membership of twenty-six scouts,
twenty-three attended the meeting
three of the boys absent were out of
town.
After the routine scout
boys in Jimmy LaBar’'s patrol presen.
ted a play, and the members of Wil-
lard Westover’s patrol gave a number
of orchestra selections. Bobby West-
over gave a piano solo.
On account of Labor Day next Mon.
day it was announced that there will
be no meeting during the coming
week.
Last Friday night thirteen members
auditorium.
meeting,
of the troop took part in an over-
night hike to Joseph Wallo’s farm.
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TO GIVE PLAY
Ladies of Glen View Primitive
Methodist Church of Fernbrook will
give a play, “The Old Maid’s Club
at Noxen on Friday, September 11.
SCHOOL BOARD
~ RENEWS NOTES
Delay in Receipt of $1,388
Appropriation Due Local
School Board Forces Note
Renewal
—
Dallas borough school board is still
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bin a quandary as to why
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[= the district
| as not yet received $1,388.38 of past
[ue appropriation from the State. At
pie meeting on Wednesday night the
board authorized Director Waters to
delve into the matter and see why the
| funds are not forthcoming. .
> The de-
5 A In receiving the appropriation
orced the hoard to renew a short
| term note for $1,500, due on Septem-
ay 23, which it had borrowed against
; appropriation. A note for $1,500
{ borrowed against incoming taxes and
| due on September 23, was also renew-
|ed. Both notes were renewed for
beriod of thirty days. 2
The board elected Mrs.
clean ang Sweep the building during
the term at a salary of $65 ga month
and appointed Mr. Keller as janitor
and truant officer for a period of two
months at a salary of $50 g month
Unsuccessful bidders were; Ray King
who offered to do all of the work Fou
a salary of $125 g month; Mr. Hull
who bid $115 ang Mrs. Kocher who Lid
$100, to do all of the work,
On the vote of three of the direc
tors, directors Culbert and Waters not
voting, Mr. Edwards was reelected to
teach during the coming term :
Kocher to
salary of $130., per month, oe
schools will have no fourth Zrade
teacher this year, the work Being
handled by several of the teachers
who will teach fourth grade subjects
during various periods of the aay.
The report of treasurer Brickel showed
a balance of $604., on hand.
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DRIVER CONFUSED;
CAR LANDS IN CREEK
is
driver became confused
the lights of an approaching
automobile, a Pierce Arrow sedan be-
longing to Dr. John F. Connole of
Wilkes-Barre crashed through he
guard rails on Saturday night at the
approach to the Crooked Bridge on the
Tunkhannock-Dallas road below Lut-
es’ Corners and dropped twenty feet
into Bowman's Creek. None of the
four wccupants of the machine was
seriously injured although the auto.
mobile was wrecked beyond worth of
salvaging, In the automobile dt the
time of the accident were Dr. Con-
nole’s son and daughter and two
friends.
Since the bridge was constructed
some years ago there have been nu-
merous accidents at its approaches,
many of them serious. The bridge is
especially dangerous since it is con-
structed at right angles to the ‘State
road which runs along a rocky ledge
at a steep grade.
BUILDING FOREMAN
BROADCASTS POEMS
When the
from
P. O. Zillig, who is in’ charge of con-
struction for the Tillgman Moyer Co.,
on the new Dallas Bank building, gave
a program of uncopywrited poems last
night over radio station WBRE of
Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Zillig’s work as
foreman of construction has taken
{ him to all parts of the country and in
the course of his travels he has gath-
ered together a large number of un-
copywrited folk poems. He expects
soon to compile a book of these bits
of verse and have it published. In the
meantime he is still hard at it collect.
ing new poems that are worthy. of in-
clusion in the book. He has recited
these poems in broadcast over many
of the radio stations of the country
and last year gave a series of broad-
casts over station WOR.
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CONCERT AT P. M.
CHURCH WEDNESDAY
A delightful concert is being arrang-
ed for Wednesday, evening, September
9th, at the Glen View P. M. Church,
of Fernbrook. The committee has se-
cured John Watkins and party from
Scranton, well known singers and en.
tertainers. Judge William S. McLean
will be the speaker. The public is in-
vited to attend.
“Chicago Not As
Bad As Painted,”
Says Attorney
| State Attorney Swanburg of
Chicago Gives Views of
Windy City While Visiting
Dallas
“Chicago’s crime is not as bad as it
is painted” according to Attorney Kari
Swanburg, assistant State attorney of
Chicago, who has been the guest of
his brother-in-law L. A. McHenry for
the past week. Mr. Swanburg in an
interview with a representative of the
Post stated, while not excusing Chica-
g0’s criminals, that per thousand of
population Chicago rates far down the
list criminally. Chicago is far sur.
passed in crime by Philadelphia for
example. Mr. Swanburg in no way
minimized the feudal warfare between
Chicago gangs characterizing it as
“dog eat dog.”
He explained the criminal reputa-
tion of Chicago as an unintentional
act of the press, that the press in its
zeal, to stamp out crime gangster
warfare played up these crimes mueh
the same as metropolitian newspapers
play up trival coal strikes which are
of little importance in Wyoming Val-
ley but which look important when
played across the headlines of big city
newspapers. Part of this publicity
may have come from an attempt to
embarrass the administration of Big
Bill Thompson former mayor of Chi-
cago.
Mr. Swanburg, while opposed to
Thompson, politically, nevertheless
gives him a clean bill of health in the
management of that office. He does
not believe that Thompson ever took
a dishonest dime. By nature, he says,
Thompson, is a showman and loves
publicity and would go to almost any
length of ballyhoo and wild west ro.
deo to stage a political campaign.
‘As an interesting sidelight on
Thompson's character, Mr. Swanburg
cited an act put on by Thompson dur-
ing the recent mayorality campaign
where Thompson mounted the stage
with a jackass and a regular old time
Missouri mule. Thompson, dressed in
Texas cowboy regalia, addressed the
two animals as though they were his
opponents for office, from time to time
stoppinig his speech to address ques-
tions to the animals.
By way of summery, Mr. Swanburg,
emphatically stated that Chicago is a
much safer place to live than either
New York City or Philadelphia or in
fact many of the smaller cities of the
country. He paid a glowing tribute
to the present State attorney Swan-
son, and ended his interview by invit-
ing all of greater Dallas to the World's
Fair at Chicago in 1933.
ITALIAN FIREWORKS
DISPLAY HERE SUNDAY
Exhibition expected to Attract Thou-
sands of Local Residents.
A great display of fireworks will be
put on by two companies competing
for prizes Sunday night at Fernbrook
Park as a conclusion to the Italian
Day picnic sponsored by the Italian
Merchants’ Association. Fireworks
exhibited ‘on Italian .Day are noted
throughout Pennsylvania . for their
brilliance. Thousands of local resi:
dents are expected to take advantage
of this opportunity to see one of these
displays so nearby. During the day
there will be concerts by MacLuskie's
band and a base ball game between
two picked teams. County candidates
for office will be on the speaking pro.
gram.
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GOOD TEAM MANAGER
Despite his active campaign for Jus.
tice of the Peace in Kingston town-
ship, Herb Williams has found the
time and put in the work this year
to build up a winning baseball” team
in Shavertown. /This is the first time
that Shavertown has had a real base-
ball team worthy of the support of the
confmunity and Herb's energy is the
motivating force back of the team.
Shavertown would probably not
have a team this year but for the
series of events, which though unfor-
tubate for Mr. Williams, have given
him the time to devote to base ball.
Crippled in an automobile accident a
few years ago so that he is unable
to do active work, Herb has neverthe.
less, the spirit to carry on and do
what he can for the community. He
has made an excellent baseball mana-
ger and he is going to put up a real
scrap for the office of Justice of the
Peace. One thing ii certain, if Herb
gets the job he'll take it seriously
and he'll give Kingston Township one
of the best Justices of the Peace it
has had in many a moon.
Let's give the manager and the
team a real vote of thanks for the
work they have done this year. May-
be a little baseball dinner at the close
of the season might not be amiss.
Murder Trial To Be
Re-acted at Y. M. C. A.
«Who Killed Earl Wright?” famous
temperance play, will be given Fri.
day evening, September 11 in Wilkes-
Barre Y. M. C. A. auditorium, under
the auspices of the churches of Wy-
oming Valley. T.ocal players will
make up the caste. The presentation
is neither a play nor a mock trial but
is the actual court proceedinigs of a
trial held in Iowa a few years ago.
Local Men Are
Turned Down On
Local Road Jobs
Men From Outside the Dis
trict Get the Jobs on Near-
by Highways
Petitions were circulated throughout
all back mountain
this week appealing
chot to take action
townships early
to Governor Pin-
in the matter of
having local men employed on local
roads.
The circulation of the petitions was
brought about when seven men, all
residents of Idetown ang taxpayers,
applied for jobs Monday on the new
rural road construction being done by
the State on the Harvey's Lake-Leh-
man road. These men were informed
that there were no jobs open for
them, all of the jobs being taken by
men from Wyoming Valley and other
outside districts. Although Monday
was the first day for work on the
new road and the local men got there
before work was started they found
Wyoming Valley men already on the
job. :
All local men who applied for work
are married, taxpayers, and need work
to support their families. In framing
the petitions, which were signed
two hundred and three back mountain
taxpayers, the local men recalled to
Pinchot his pre.election proniis-
es to help relieve unemployment by.
employing local men on rural ro--
projects. In the petitions they asked
only that local men be given an even
opportunity with men from outside
districts for employment.
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STEEL ERECTED
ON NEW BANK
Contractors Expect to Finish
by Middle of December—
Twenty Men Employed
Wr
With an average of twenty men at
work, construction of the new home of
the First National Bank of Dallas 1s
moving along rapidly. The concrete
slab is now being placed for the sup-
port of the first floor, with its compli-
cated system of reinforcing rods and
electric conduits imiedded in concrete,
The skeleton framework ¥ also being
erected.
During the work of excavation and
construction of foundations, the work.
men have experienced considerable
difficulty with the. creek that runs
underneath the building. A pump is
now being kept continually at work
until waterproofing is completed on
the walls and flume. The creek wile
run through a concrete flume which is
large enough to take care of any eme-
ergency such as floods, | or spring
freshets. :
Machinery necessary for lifting
heavy steel beams was put into ope
eration this week and already much of
the. framework and girders has been
bolted together.
The steel skeleton structure furnish-
es ~all the support required for the
weight of the building. The walls
which will be built around the steel
will act simply as curtainsto enclose
the building.
The floor of this building will be
supported on heavy slabs of reinforc-
ed concrete, which will be placed as
fast as the steel is ready to receive
them. On these slabs the finished
floor material will be placed at a lat-
er date.
One item of interest which can be
seen .shortly, at the site, is the com-
plicated system of steel rods which
will be imbedded in the concrete walls
of the safe deposit vault. A stagger.
ing network of these rods will
make it virtually impossible to
penetrate the wall without striking
several of them. All electric cables
required for the vault will also be in
place in the forms before the concrete
is poured.
The next operation will be the
building of the walls to enclose the
steel framework. The ornamental
stone for the exterior walls is now be.
ing cut to size and carved at the mills
in preparation for the building of the
walls.
Orders are being placed, and shops
starting work, on -the material for
later use, which require a longer time
to prepare, such as the interior finish- .
ing marble, cabinet work and bronze
work.
FIREMEN ANNOUNCE
CLAM BAKE PLANS
Elimination base ball games for the
championship of the Rural Leagtie,
twenty prominent speakers, a prograni
of lively entertainment and the dem-
onstration of a voting ma<hine will be
but, a few of the high spots on the
program when Dr. Henry M. Laing
Fire company holds its second ant 1
Clam Bake at Ambrose West's fal
Saturday afternoon, September 12. ™
Tickets for the clam bake have been ;
reduced far below those of previous
vears and the refreshment committee
announces that the food will be.bet.
ter than ever before. There will br
plenty of clams, sweet corn, hot doy
and refreshments of all kinds. Th
entertainment committee has made a
special effort to have all candidates
for county office present. One of the
big features of the afternoon will be
the elimination base ball game be-
tween leaders of the Rural League.